Mizuno Football Boots

Mizuno football boots are a niche brand who offer some excellent boots and are popular in many European countries. It was founded in 1906 in Osaka, Japan by brothers Rihachi & Rizo Mizuno. As a sports equipment and sportswear company, they also make rugby boots and golf clubs and accessories. You can click on the images below to jump straight to the latest colourways for their football boots.

While Mizuno is behind other brands like Nike and adidas in terms of overall market, the Japanese boot maker is slowly gaining name-recognition as their quality-first approach is being well-received by football boots enthusiasts. Mizuno also did have iconic players under its wing, starting with the left-footed Brazilian great Rivaldo, the tall yet agile Kluivert, and Liverpool legend ‘El Nino’ Fernando Torres who ended his career in Japan wearing a signature F9T Morelia Neo II.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Mizuno Boots

Is Mizuno a soccer brand?

Yes, and interestingly the brand is kind of an open secret in the football boot industry. Mizuno boots are beloved by football boot enthusiasts but remain well-behind Nike and adidas in terms of getting mainstream adoption.

Which footballers wear Mizuno?

At the moment, Sergio Ramos is the high-profile name wearing a pair of Mizunos during matches. Some Japanese players plying their trade in Europe like Reo Hatate and Maya Yoshida also wear Mizuno silos.

Are Mizuno boots comfortable?

What’s for sure is that Mizuno arguably has the finest execution of K-leather into football boots. Whether that makes the boot comfortable for you also depends on the nuances of the silos and your particular foot shape. Stick around to learn more about the Mizuno models so we can get to know the most comfortable pair for you.

Mizuno Boot Silos

Choose among these boots if you wish to sport the Japanese brand on the football pitch:

Alpha

Mizuno’s current dive into offering synthetic football boots

Morelia Neo

Finest K-leather matched with technology and speed boot profile

Morelia II

Traditional leather option for that classic fit and feel

Latest Mizuno Packs and Launches

Frontier Pack

Mizuno’s Frontier Pack dressed its premier leather boot silos with a pristine white colourway adorned with a lime green accent emanating from the Runbird logo. This followed the blue-heavy Mugen pack, and as always chose to limit the detailing colour in favour of cleaner look for the Beta and the Morelia. The former though adopted the secondary colour for its outsole while the latter limited it to just the support stud.

Mugen Pack

Mizuno Mugen is now out and it hopes to build on the brand’s relentless pursuit of perfection. As ‘Mugen’ itself implies, this release is all about being limitless, not just in skill and potential but also in character and commitment. Sky’s the limit, we should say, as long as you put your mind into it. And so in order to drill down the mugen concept into the boot, Mizuno has dressed their boots with a colourway that is meant to showcase possibilities. When you put them on, Mizuno hopes to extract from you your endless desire to be on top of the game.

One might think that he has already seen the Mugen Morelia Neo Beta before. And that is because the speed boot has gone on with a white with blue accent, a theme that has already been used many times before. This time though, the Runbird has opted for a streaking application of the accent colour. The heel tab on the low-cut collar also joins in on the secondary colour, while the internal honeycomb structure and forefoot supporting stud provide a touch of gold onto the boots. The branding on the heel showcases the two accents as the Morelia reads in gold and Neo goes with blue, completing the Mugen Beta look.

When it comes to the Mugen Alpha colourway itself, it uses a rich tone of blue from heel to toe, not leaving any space at all for another base colour. This gives way for the Runbird outline to flow right in seamlessly. I personally think that the colour combination is harmonious, and increases the elegance factor of the look. There’s a sense that the soleplate does carry the same dominant colour, only that the nature of the material itself changes the reflection somewhat. Speaking of the tooling, the midfoot trim and the insert display a matte-like shade of gold.

Depending on how light strikes the Mugen Alpha, you’ll either see a royal blue hue or a tealish aura. I think it jives well with the intended concept of the boot being limitless. I would have preferred though for the Mugen colourway to at least have a bit more colour and/or visual activity to carry out the intended idea behind the colourway drop. I guess a bit more iridescence would have made wonders for the Mugen launch. So far, it looks like Mizuno is sticking with creating clear-cut options for the Alpha, as previous launches have also shown relative simplicity in terms of colour dominance.

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Regarding Mizuno Football Boots

Mizuno boots are like the secret menu in  Starbucks or McDonald’s. If you just know where to look, you’ll get these wonderful options to wear on the pitch. Not to say that the known silos are bad. It’s just that Mizuno takes the boot experience to another level. Perhaps another thing that’s holding everyone back is the price: they really do cost a lot!

But money is not an issue, you get value for each pound spent! With expert handcraftsmanship and longer lasting, Mizuno boots are one, if not the most durable in the market today, not to mention other benefits in comfort and performance.

Morelia is to Mizuno what Mercurial and Predator is to Nike and adidas, respectively. And just like the latter two the Mizuno Morelia has continuously evolved to accommodate the prevailing football boot trends and preferences. All of its longevity are thanks to the great Brazilian Rivaldo, whose memorable performances wearing the earlier generations of the Morelia helped introduce the brand to the general football boot public.